Age effects shrink when motor learning is predominantly supported by nondeclarative, automatic memory processes: Evidence from golf putting

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-38

  Chauvel, Guillaume ^a   Maquestiaux, François ^a   Hartley, Alan A ^b   Joubert, Sven ^c   Didierjean, André ^d   Masters, Rich S W ^e  

^a Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^b SCRIPPS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive ageing; Frequency of errors; Memory; Motor learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859340687     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.588714     Document Type: Article

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